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Eat biscuits to save fruits and vegetables! Enju Food gives NG ingredients a second chance Eating a piece of biscuit or a bento can save the fruits and vegetables that are about to be discarded. Since its establishment in 2019, Enju Food, located in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, has always cherished the original intention of loving the land and constantly thinking about what kind of products can reach the largest number of people. Consumers, people depend on food, since they all eat, why not eat healthy and help the environment? Pull up the carrots, plant the seeds of love for the land In 2012, Li Yuhong, the founder of Enju Food, left Taiwan for the first time after graduating from Xinwu University of Science and Technology in New Taipei City. He went to work and vacation in New Zealand. The locals often plant some flowers and plants in their backyards, and some people also Grow edible fruits and vegetables. Once a local friend invited him to visit a small field in the backyard and introduced to him that the carrots on the ground were ripe. Li Yuhong thought that his friend wanted to save the carrots for dinner, but he directly pulled one from the soil The radish, patted the soil on it with his hands, and gnawed down the fresh flesh. The crisp sound was like the deep cry of the land, awakening Li Yuhong's concern for the land of Taiwan. Seeing the cleanliness of the land in New Zealand, he said in surprise: "It turns out that our land in Taiwan has been out of that natural environment for a long time, and there is no way to directly pull up natural food and eat it raw. What link went wrong?" Buried his doubts in his heart. seed. Enter the door of "continued food" "Others just open that window and that door for you, but when you want to go in, it's up to you to decide." In 2017, he saw a news report on the Taichung Food Wise restaurant "Hedy Kitchen", and went to eat . Talking with the founder of the restaurant about the issue of sustainable food was an opportunity to lead him into the door of sustainable food issues. At that time, he realized that the amount of surplus food in Taiwan was far beyond his imagination, so he resolutely joined in helping food sustainable ranks. Li Yuhong and co-founder Huang Jingyi spent two years looking for a place to set up the company and discussing future strategies. Finally, they founded "Enju Food" in their hometown of Kaohsiung. They bought leftover fruits and vegetables from the market to make biscuits and sold them on online platforms. Sales can not only reduce the waste of fruits and vegetables, but also let more people see the seriousness and urgency of food surplus through the power of Internet communication. Develop a biscuit with 50% fruit and vegetable content In the early stage of product development, they set out several conditions: "easy to store, easy to carry, easy to share, and able to resonate and recall." The answer given above is the first product of "Enju Food" - NG fruits and vegetables Biscuits, because most of the leftover products in the market are jams, cooking bags, and pastries, and there is no precedent for making biscuits, so they once doubted the feasibility of biscuits and experienced a series of attempts. The fruit and vegetable content of the biscuits made by myself was only about 10%. Although the expected results were not achieved, at least the taste of the finished product was confirmed to be acceptable. The only thing that needs to be overcome is the high water content of the fruits and vegetables themselves. Moisture can enhance the crispy taste of biscuits. With the strength of the two of them too weak, considering the long-term plan, they began to look for a foundry manufacturer. I inquired about large and small factories in China, but they repeatedly hit the wall. In the end, the remaining two factories were willing to try to cooperate in research and development: the finished product produced by the first factory tastes like soda crackers, but the fruit and vegetable content is only 8%, which is less than the self-developed product. , and the minimum shipment is one metric ton, and the converted crowdfunding must reach about two million; the biscuits produced by another factory taste like handmade biscuits and are relatively moist, and the factory owner very much agrees with Enju Food The concept, after continuous improvement and research and development, choose root vegetables and fruits with less water content, such as sweet potatoes and carrots as raw materials for biscuits, wash and peel the fruits and vegetables, then dehydrate and filter them before kneading them into the dough, and finally bake them Bake it into biscuits, increase the content of 10% of vegetables and fruits to 50%, considering the feasibility of fundraising, and the geographical location is just in the south, so I finally decided to choose this factory. Chance and Destiny of Ugly Fruits and Vegetables Harvested fruits and vegetables are divided into 3 grades: A, B, and C; Grade A is the best-looking fruits and vegetables, and Grade C is the worst-looking fruits and vegetables. Farmers select A and B-grade fruits and vegetables from the farmland and send them to traders. After an auction, the fruit and vegetable vendors buy the fruits and vegetables that will be sold in the future, but the fate of the fruits and vegetables has not been determined. Collisions, continuous heavy rain, and humid weather may occur during transportation. All these factors will affect the quality of fruits and vegetables. The original A-grade fruits and vegetables may also become C-grade and cannot be sold. Considering that purchasing vegetables and fruits directly from small farmers and farmlands requires a process from farmland to farmland and from farmland to factories, which will consume a lot of transportation and labor costs, Enju Haoshi chooses to purchase unsalable leftovers from fruit and vegetable markets that are not in good condition. Vegetables and fruits, this approach makes fruit and vegetable vendors more willing to buy from farmland, because they know that Enju Food will help collect the ugly fruits and vegetables they buy. In contact with fruits and vegetables every day, and mastering the fate of fruits and vegetables, in fact, many vendors are unwilling to throw away food at will. A fruit and vegetable vendor at Neihu Qisanqi Market in Taipei City shared: "I usually pick out the fruits and vegetables that cannot be sold, and cook them at home. Come and eat; what you throw away is usually leafy vegetables that have been bitten by insects." Enju Haoshi has been buying a large number of ugly fruits and vegetables from many fruit and vegetable markets for a long time. The standard for purchasing fruits and vegetables from the farmland is to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables purchased, and then resell the remaining fruits and vegetables to Enju Foods to make biscuits. Let's eat bento to reduce carbon footprint In the process of making biscuits, factory operations, vehicle traffic, and product packaging actually generate a lot of carbon emissions. Li Yuhong and Huang Jingyi not only want to solve the problem of a large number of surplus fruits and vegetables, but also want to arouse the public to cherish the land and think about it. The growth process of vegetables and fruits will cause carbon emissions. If the remaining fruits and vegetables are burned, the carbon emissions will be doubled. Therefore, at the end of this year, a convenience store "Liangju" was established in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City to sell carbon emissions. , Cook the ugly fruits and vegetables directly into the dish.
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